India won two more gold medals at the Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2022 on Sunday, August 1, and yet again in weightlifting as the country dominated the sport for a second consecutive time. But while the lifters have been doing their best to make the country proud, joining the list are the participants of the other sports. Here, we look at India's complete performance for Day 3 of CWG 2022
Cricket
India produced a splendid show to notch up a dominating eight-wicket win over Pakistan in a rain-hit women's group A match. Opting to bat, Pakistan folded for 99 with Sneh Rana (2/15) and Radha Yadav (2/18) taking two wickets each after the match was reduced to 18 overs a side affair due to rain. For Pakistan, opener Muneeba Ali was the top scorer with a 30-ball 32. In reply, India overhauled the target in 11.4 overs with Smriti Mandhana smashing an unbeaten 42-ball 63.
Hockey
The Indian men's hockey team decimated lowly Ghana 11-0 in their opening Pool B match. India converted six out of 13 penalty corners they earned in the match. Vice-captain Harmanpreet Singh (11th, 35th, 53rd) scored a hat-trick, while Abhishek (2nd minute), Shamsher Singh (14th), Akashdeep Singh (20th), Jugraj Singh (22nd, 43rd), Nilakanta Sharma (38th), Varun Kumar (39th) and Mandeep Singh (48th) were the other goal getters for India.
India will next play Canada on August 3.
Badminton
Defending champion India cruised to a 3-0 win over minnows South Africa to progress to the semifinals of the mixed team competition. The Indian shuttlers did not put a foot wrong as they dished out yet another professional performance to set up a likely clash with Singapore in the last four.
Boxing
World champion Nikhat Zareen and young Sagar Ahlawat sailed into the quarterfinals in their respective weight categories in boxing. But, it was curtains for Shiva Thapa (63.5kg) and Sumit Kundu (75kg) as they made Round of 16 exits.
Zareen (56kg) knocked out Helena Ismael Bagao of Mozambique to storm into the last eight rounds of the women's lightweight category won by RSC (Referee stopping contest). And Sagar (92kg), who is making his India debut, put up a power-packed performance to win by a 5-0 verdict against Cameroon's Maxime Yegnong Njieyo. Thapa lost 1-4 to world championship bronze medallist Reese Lynch of Scotland to make a disappointing exit from the Games while Sumit went down to Australia's Callum Peters by a 0-5 unanimous verdict in the middleweight pre-quarterfinals.
Squash
Ace Indian squash player Joshna Chinappa outwitted New Zealand's Kaitlyn Watts 3-1 to progress to the women's singles quarterfinals. The 18-time national champion kept her calm to recover from a mid-game slump to prevail 11-8 9-11 11-4 11-6 against Watts to set up a last-eight clash with Canada's Hollie Naughton.
In other squash results, Leading India squash player Saurav Ghosal on Sunday joined Chinappa in the singles quarterfinals. The world number 15 from India blanked Canadian David Baillargeon, ranked 62, 3-0 to reach the last eight stage. The final scoreline read 11-6, 11-2, 11-6.
Swimming
Ace Indian swimmer Srihari Nataraj advanced to the finals of the men's 50m backstroke event. The 21-year-old clocked 25.38 to emerge the eighth fastest swimmer across the semifinals to make his second final of the Birmingham Games. The seasoned Sajan Prakash, on the other hand, finished a disappointing ninth in the men's 200m butterfly, his pet event.
In the men's 200m butterfly, Prakash finished fourth in his heat after clocking 1:58:99s and was put on the reserve list as he was the ninth fastest swimmer overall. The top eight move to the final.
Cycling
Mayuri Lute finished way back in the 18th position in the women's 500m time trial final as Indian cyclists continued to struggle at the Commonwealth Games here on Sunday. Lute clocked 36.868s to end near the bottom of the 20-cyclist final. Australia's Kristina Clonan took the gold in 33.234s.
Another Indian, Vishavjeet Singh did not finish his men's 15km scratch race final. Earlier in the day, top Indian cyclist Ronaldo Laitonjam lost to Australia's Matthew Glaetzer in the pre-quarterfinals of the men's sprint event. His teammates David Beckham (10.120) and Esow Alben (10.361) finished 18th and 23rd in the qualifying round.
Lawn Bowls
The Indian women's fours team qualified for the semifinals of the lawn bowls competition after defeating Norfolk Island. The quartet of Lovely Choubey (lead), Pinki (second), Nayanmoni Saikia (third) and Rupa Rani Tirkey (skip) won 17-9 in the quarterfinal match. The four will play against New Zealand in the semifinal on Monday.
Earlier in the day, the Indian men's pair of Dinesh Kumar and Sunil Bahadur also advanced to the quarterfinals after beating hosts England. Dinesh Kumar (skip) and Sunil Bahadur (lead) won 18-15. The duo was 10-5 ahead after the eighth end and thwarted the English pair's effort to make a comeback.
Weightlifters
Indian weightlifter Popy Hazarika finished a disappointing seventh in the women's 59kg event. The lifter from Assam had a total lift of 183kg (81kg+102kg). It was the first of the six weightlifting events so far that didn't yield a medal for India. Rafiatu Folashade Lawal of Nigeria won the gold with an effort of 206 kg (90kg+116kg), while local favourite Jessica Gordon-Brown clinched the silver with an aggregate of 197kg (86kg+111kg) and Canadian weightlifter Tali Darsigny (87kg+109kg) took home the bronze medal.
Triathlon
The Indian quartet of Adarsh Muralidharan Nair Sinimol, Pragnya Mohan, Vishwanath Yadav, and Sanjana Sunil Joshi finished 10th in the triathlon mixed team relay final with a total time of 1:31:43 in the three-event competition. India were 15:03 behind gold winner England (1:16:40). Wales and Australia won silver and bronze respectively.
Gymnastics
Indian gymnasts Yogeshwar Singh and Ruthuja Nataraj signed off at 15th and 17th spots in the men's and women's all-around finals of the artistic gymnastic event. Yogeshwar, who has participated in three World Championships, finished with an overall score of 74.700, and 19-year-old Ruthuja scored 43.000 to end in the last spot. England's Jack Jarman won the gold with a total score of 83.450, while the silver and bronze medal was bagged by England's James Hall and Marios Georgiou, who had an overall score of 82.900 and 81.750 respectively in the men's event.
In the women's all-around final, Australia's Georgia Godwin (53.550), England's Ondine Achampong (53.000), and Canada's Emma Spence (52.350) won the gold, silver, and bronze winners respectively.
